Hello goodbye by Emily Chenoweth

This is a beautifully written book. Helen Hansen is an active woman with a job, a husband and a daughter, Abby, who is a freshman in college. After her usual long run she begins to make coffee trying to ignore the headache that is overtaking her. The next thing she remembers is waking up in the hospital. She is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. This is in the winter. Then the story jumps to summer. Elliott, Helen's husband, has planned a week in New England to celebrate their 20th anniversary. He really can't afford it, but this will give their friends they left behind in New England a chance to come and see Helen. Other than a brief introduction of the background, the whole story takes place during that week. It is a touching story about a dying woman, her friends, her husband and her daughter.